Stove



No. 7413,m.y

PATBNTBD JAN. 5.1904.

P. J. PIOQH. y

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APPLIOATIQN FILED rm. 2v. 190s.

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N5. 748,548..v `"PA'L'ENTEDA JAN. 5, .1904.

E. J. MUCH.

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Patented January 5, 1904.

PATENT Ormes.

FRANK J. moon, or onns'ron, IowA.

STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming pai-r. of Letters Patent No. 748,648, dated January 5, 1 904.

Application tied February 27,1903. sei-n1 No. 145.312. oro moana .To @ZZ whom it may con/cern,.-

' Be it known that I, FRANK J PIOCH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident ofv Creston, in the county of Union and State of Iowa, have invented Aa new and Improved Stove, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a center-draft base heating-stove, having for its object eliicieucy in heating andin Ventilating the lire, easy removal of ashes, and variousother objects, as hereinafter described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a central vertical section through.

the stove complete on the line l 1 of Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a fragmentarysection upon the line 2 2 of Fig, l looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section upon the line 3 3 of Fig. l looking in the direction of the arrow, and Fig. 4 is a horizontal section upon the line 4 4 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow.

An outer shell l is provided with a top 2 or upper closure-lid and an ash-pan 3b, provided with a lid 3i. Connected with the bottom of the outer shell is. a funnel-shaped member 4, communicating with a receptacle 5, which may be opened and closed by means of the removable ends 5a, which are provided with handles for the purpose, as shown. The smoke-pipe 6 is connected lwith the receptacle 5 and is alsoconnected *byA means of a short tubular member 7 with the outer shell 1. A'damper 7 is disposed within the tubular member' 7 and may -be Amanipulated by means of a handpiece 71? 'for the .purpose of controllingthe draft from the upper portion of the outer shell 1 to thesmoke-pipe.. 'A hollow member 8, having, preferably, a cylindrical form, as shown, is mounted within-.the outer shell 1. L

Fitted'upon the top of the hollow member 8 is a hot-blast ring 9, provided withradiating slots, through diversof which pass'the open -ended pipes 11, which communicate freely with the air above and below the stove. Disposed within the hollow member 8 is a fire-pot 12, provided at its 'bottom with supports 13 for the movable grate 14. Connectregulated at will.

' trumpet-likel opening 25.

18 is connected with the outer shell 1 and with n the hollow member 8, so as to permita steady dow of air from the outer atmosphereinto the hollow member S. A plate 2O is rigidly mounted upon a threaded stem 22a, which is revolubly mounted in a threaded bearing 22h, supported by a spider 23, through which air may pass when the plate 2O is spaced a proper ldistance therefrom. vBy turning a knob 22 on the stem 222', thereby moving the plate 2O toward or fromv the body of the stove, the supply of air through the spider 23 may be A sliding door 24 normally closes a large aperture 24a, made by cutting away a portion. at .the lower end of the hollow member 8, as indicated in Fig. 2. This sliding gate 24 is provided with a A swinging door 26 is mounted upon the outer shell 1 and is free to open and close at will. Mounted upon this swinging door 26 is a plate 27, into which is revolubly fitted aknob 2.8, carrying a shutoft 29, somewhatsimilar to the one above described. The swinging door 26 likewise carries a tubular drafty member 26a, which enters the trumpet-like opening 25 when the door is closedthat is to say, the tubulardraft member 26a is practically a part of the swinging door. The sliding door 24should of course be closed, so that the trumpet-shaped opening 25 will occupy its normal position before the swinging door is closed for the reason that the tubular member 26a should register approximately, so that the trumpet-shaped opening 25 above the door 26` can be closed. The tubular member 26a normally communicates with the open air and is used to supply air to the lower part of the re, the supply of air' being regulated by means of the knob 28.

As the hollow member 8 is disposed concen- ICO tric to the outer shell 1, a space 30 is formed intermediate of these parts, and through this space a downdraft is produced, so that, t,he`

heated gases of combustion intermingle with the smoke passed downwardly, as indicated by the arrows, through the funnel-shaped member 4 and the receptacle 5 up into the smoke-pipe 6. In starting a fire, however, it may be desirable to have a comparatively powerful draft, the general heating eect of the stove being` ignored for the moment. When this is the case, the damper 7iL is turned by means of the handpiece 7b, so that the gases of combustion pass directly fromY the ire-pot 12 through the tubular member 7 and up into the smoke-pipe. If the fire is sufficiently under way, the damper 7a may be gradually or abruptly turned so as to cut off the draft through the tubular member 7 and to start up the downdraft through the funnel-shaped member 4. When it is desirable to admit air to tbe top of the fire, the knob 22 is turned so as to permit the air to pass through the member 18 and opening 19, following a direction ofthe arrows and passing through thehot-blast ring 9 directly into the re contained within the fire-pot 12. If desired, however, the knob 22 may be so turned as to cut o the entrance of air through the tubular member 18, and the knob 28 may be so turned as to permit any desiredquantity of air to enter through the tubular member 26, It will be seen, therefore, that by means of the two knobs 22 28 and the handpiece 7b the fire may be regulated to a nicety in several independent respects.

The object in having the gases of combustion normally pass downward around the hollow member 8 and through the funnelshaped outlet 4 is to thoroughly distribute the heat-that is to say, all of the heated gases are conducted by a circuitous route down to the bottom of the stove and thence upward to the smoke-pipe, thereby virtually increasing the radiating-space used in heating and temporarily holding the gases in the stove until they have radiated a proper proportion of the heat which they contain.

The ash-pit is formed in the lower portion of the hollow member 8, the ash-pan being the principal factor used. To empty the stove of its ashes, the swinging door 26 is opened, carrying with it, of course, the tubular member 26. The sliding door 24 is now pushed to the right or left, so as to open the aperture 242, and the ashes are removed by means of a shovel in the usual manner. Should it happen that any smoke, cinders, or soot should lodge in the outer shell 1 or upon the funnel-shaped member 4, the action of gravity accompanied, perhaps, by a slight jarring readily removes the substances thus deposited into the receptacle 5, from which the substances may be taken at will by removing the ends 5a of the receptacle, as will be readily understood from Fig. l. If desired, the lid 3 may be removed and the ashes allowed to drop down into the receptacle 5, from which they may be readily removed. By this means the stove need not be emptied of its ashes as often as would otherwise be necessary.

The legs of the stove are shown at 31.

Mounted upon the stove adjacent to the lower end of the shell 1 is a supporting-ring 32, and a somewhat similar supportingring 33 is mounted upon the legs of the stove. A numberof hangers 34 are mounted upon these two rings, as indicated in Fig. 1, and resting upon these hangers are the legs 35, which support the foot-rest 36. This foot-rest is preferably made in sections, as indicated in Fig. 3. The foot-rest is employed in the usual manner, the person simply resting his feet upon the rest 36. Rods 37 38 are used for thevpurpose of supporting the weight of the hollow member 8 and the other parts resting thereon.

It will be observed that in the stove above described there are no idle corners in which ashes and dirt may accumulate. All loose particles have a tendency to drop down upon` the funnel-shaped member 4 and are gathered into the receptacle 5.

By having air pass all around the fire-pot all danger of burning out the fire-pot is 0bviated and the degree of heat given to this air is very intense, thereby increasing the eficiency of the stove to a marked degree.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A' stove, comprising an outer shell providedl at its bottom with a funnel-shaped outlet, a hollow member mounted within said shell, a re-pot mounted within said hollow member, a receptacle connected with said funnehshaped member for the purpose of arresting soot and ashes, and a smoke-pipe connected with said receptacle for the purpose of facilitating draft through the same.

2. A stove, comprising an outer shell provided with an aperture, a hollow member mounted within said outer shell and provided with an aperture for effecting the removal of ashes and the like, a fire-pot mounted within said hollow member, a sliding gate for opening and closing said aperture, said sliding gate being provided with an air-hole, a door mounted upon said outer shell and free to open and close said aperture in said outer shell, and a tubular draft-tube connected with said swinging door and free to register with said air-hole when said swinging door` is closed.

3. Astove,comprising an outer shell,means for heating the same, legs for supporting said shell, rings mounted upon` said shell and upon said legs respectively,hangers provided with hooks for engaging said rings, and a foot-rest mounted upon said hangers.

4. A stove,comprising an outer shell,means for heating the same, legs for supporting said shell, rings mounted uponA said shell and upon said legs respectively, hangers provided IOO IIO

with hooks for engaging said rings, and a means, controllable at will, for regulating the foot-rest made in sections and supported by supply of air through said tubular passages resaid hangers. spectively, and means for drawing the gases 15 5. A stove, comprising an outer shell, a of combustion from said fire-pot downward 5 hollow member mounted thereon, a 'fire-pot around said hollow member.

mounted within said hollow member, a tu- In testimony whereof I have signed my bularpassage connecting together said outer name to this specification in the presence of shell and said hollow member for the purpose two subscribing witnesses.

of supplying air to the top of the fire, a tu- FRANK J. PIOOH. 1o bular passage normally connected with said Witnesses:

outer shell and with said hollow member for E. E. EDGERTON,

supplying air to the bottom of said fire, R. B. CORDER. 

